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ADVANCE INFORMATIONEchoesfroma VanishedWorldThestoryof aSpanishfamilyin turbulent timesM.BurnettKEY SELLING POINTSAnd easy to understand, unique book on Spanish history.SetinSpaininthelatenineteenthcenturyandexploreshowpeople%u2019slivesevolvedasSpainchangesfroma poor, backward country to a modern, democratic state.Authorhaslived inSpainformostof heradultlifeandtouchesonherdistinctiveexperiencesinSpain.ThisisnottheSpainwhichhasdrawnhistorians,neitheris ittheSpainofmanypeople%u2019sdreams:theoliveand citrusgrovesoftheMediterranean,thebeaches,andwhite-washedvillages.Thisisthestoryofafamilyfrom oneof manyvillagesinthepoormountainregionsastheylived throughthetroubledtimes of thelate nineteenthandtwentiethcenturieswhichbroughtunrest,warandfinallyalongdictatorshiplastinguntil Franco%u2019s death in 1975.OnFranco%u2019sdeaththeSpanishpeoplefacedanenormouschallenge;thewayforwardwouldnotbeeasy.How couldtheycastoff theirtroubledpast?Whatwasit likeforaforeignerarriving inthecountryoverfortyyears agoas Spainstruggledtofind itswayasamodernEuropeanstate?Anattemptedcoup d%u2019%u00e9tat,terrorism,the declining power of the church and vertiginous social changes affected everyone%u2019s lives.Spain today is a changed country, yet something of the turbulent past remains.EchoesfromaVanishedWorldisathought-provokinganduniquesocialhistorybookonSpanishhistoryfrom the late nineteenthcentury during a particularly convulsive era.M. Burnett haslived in Spain formost of heradultlifewhichhasgivenheradeepinsightintothecountry, its history,anditspeople. Shehasafirst-classhonoursdegreeinhumanities(history)andhasworkedasa teacher and translator for many years.Publication Date: 28th October 2024 %u00a310.99 ISBN:9781836280309 Thema subject category: NHTB %u2013 Social and cultural historypaperback 198 x 129 mm 368 pp PortraitSales: Star Book Sales LLP T: 01404 515050E: enquiries@starbooksales.comtwitter.com/starbooksales